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What animal made this footprint?
« on: 28/06/2022 22:33:18 »

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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #1 on: 28/06/2022 22:53:43 »
What makes you think it's a foot print?
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #2 on: 29/06/2022 06:45:52 »
Because of the shape of the indent, the way the toes protrue into the shape the bulge at the edges. I have included more photos. What else could it be? Teeth or horns seem unlikely, plus there appears to be an 'L' under neath the middle toe, so it must be a left foot.
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #3 on: 29/06/2022 08:51:00 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 29/06/2022 06:45:52
…plus there appears to be an 'L' under neath the middle toe, so it must be a left foot.
Ha ha  ;D
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #4 on: 29/06/2022 12:34:57 »
Quote from: Colin2B on 29/06/2022 08:51:00
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 29/06/2022 06:45:52
…plus there appears to be an 'L' under neath the middle toe, so it must be a left foot.
Ha ha  ;D
Thanks Colin, sometimes I think my humour goes unappreciated😀
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #5 on: 29/06/2022 15:22:44 »
It looks like it could be a foot print, but it could easily be an erosion effect, so a lot more data is needed.  Where was the rock found?  What kind of stone is it?  What was the age of the strata it was found?
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #6 on: 29/06/2022 16:30:33 »
Quote from: Origin on 29/06/2022 15:22:44
It looks like it could be a foot print, but it could easily be an erosion effect, so a lot more data is needed.  Where was the rock found?  What kind of stone is it?  What was the age of the strata it was found?
The rock was found on Chesil bank some years ago, to me it appears to have flint like qualities. As the bank is an accumulation I could not tell you the strata it had come from. As you will undoubtedly be aware it is the jurassic Coast. I would be interested to learn how erosion could cause the shape.
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Re: What animal made this footprint?
« Reply #7 on: 30/10/2022 22:43:09 »
So...did you find out?

Was it a Gnome?
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